Editing Tribalism (section)

==Criticism==
Various authors, such as [[Aidan Southall]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Southall |first1=Aidan W. |title=The Illusion of Tribe |journal=Journal of Asian and African Studies |date=1 January 1970 |volume=5 |issue=1–2 |pages=28–50 |doi=10.1163/15685217-90007037 |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/jaas/5/1-2/article-p28_5.xml?ebody=previewPdf-46504 |access-date=17 July 2021 |language=en |issn=1568-5217}}</ref> have attacked the notion of [[tribe]] as a tool of [[colonialism|colonial]] ideology, and identified modern tribalism as a product of colonial governance in Africa.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Sneath |first1=David |title=Tribe |encyclopedia=[[Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology]]|date=1 September 2016 |doi=10.29164/16tribe|doi-access=free |editor=Stein, Felix}}</ref> The [[Africa Policy Information Center]] describes the term, and ''tribalism'' in particular as a byword for ethnic strife, as invoking negative [[stereotypes of Africa]] as a land of primitive and territorial peoples.<ref>{{cite web |title=African Activist Archive |url=https://africanactivist.msu.edu/document_metadata.php?objectid=32-130-153D |website=africanactivist.msu.edu |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref>

An April, 2021 article published in The [[Journal of Hospital Medicine]] titled "Tribalism: The Good, The Bad, and The Future" by Zahir Kanjee and Leslie Bilello of Harvard Medical School was retracted due to protest from readers over the use of the terms ''tribe'' and ''tribalism''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yasgur |first1=Batya |title=What an Editor Learned After a Journal Paper Was Deemed Insensitive |url=https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/954358?src=WNL_trdalrt_210731_MSCPEDIT&uac=131074BG&impID=3537295&faf=1 |website=Medscape |publisher=WebMD |access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref> The article was then republished with the title "Leadership and Professional Development: Specialty Silos in Medicine" along with an apology from the editor-in-chief.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shah |first1=Samir |last2=Manning |first2=Kimberly |last3=Wray |first3=Charlie |last4=Castellanos |first4=Angela |last5=Jerardi |first5=Karen |title=Microaggressions, Accountability, and Our Commitment to Doing Better |journal=Journal of Hospital Medicine |year=2021 |volume=16 |issue=6| page=325 |doi= 10.12788/jhm.3646|issn=1553-5592|pmid=34129482 |doi-access= |s2cid=243267548 }}</ref> The revised version of the article substituted the terms ''groups'' and ''medical specialties'' for ''tribes'', and ''siloed'' and ''factional'' for ''tribalism''.